City profile · Mid-size City
Springfield, Illinois
Verified Oct 25, 2026Who leads Springfield, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Misty Buscher
- Role
- Mayor
- Party
- Democrat
- Population
- 111,454
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 25, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 25, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcespringfield.il.us/Departments/Mayor/MayorHome.aspx ↗
- Official leadership pagespringfield.il.us/Departments/Mayor/MayorHome.aspx ↗
- City websitespringfield.il.us ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Misty Buscher CurrentMayor · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 25, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 111,454
- Median household income
- $62,419
- Median age
- 40.1
- Land area
- 61.26 sq mi
- Population density
- 1,819.4 per sq mi
- County
- Sangamon County
- Metro area
- Springfield, IL
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$390M
- City hall phone
- (217) 789-2000
- Official website
- springfield.il.us ↗
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